At least that's the latest takeaway from the media these days. Oh, what's that? You hadn't heard? Yeah, it's not cool to be into Obama and change anymore. No, no, no, that went out last February after he failed to employ every American, marry every gay American, end every war and eliminate world hunger in his first month in office. Yeah, yeah, we jumped off that bandwagon quickly.
Now, following the latest election, look at how cool it is to be a Republican again! What's that? You didn't know there was an election this week? Well, there was. That's right, exactly one year after the most historic election in your lifetime, there was actually another election in this country. It was one of those odd-year elections with only a handful of local races that most people in the country don't even realize is going on. But guess what happened? That's right, the Republicans scored HUGE victories, thus signaling the inevitable downfall of liberal politics, the Democratic Party and yep, you guessed it, President Obama.
You see, the latest media spin was that Republicans "won back" a big percentage of the Independents who broke for Obama last fall. Now this couldn't be a case of cherry picking stats to create a compelling storyline that's not really there, could it? Nah, the media would never dream of such a tactic, would they?
I mean, it wouldn't make any sense to include the fact that the number of Americans who self-identify as Republicans is currently at a historic low (around 20%), would it? Of course not! We're talking about Independents, not Republicans. These are long-time, die-hard Independents we're talking about. It's not like there are Republicans who were dissatisfied with certain leaders in their party or the direction of it, and have recently declared themselves "Independent" during an all-time low point in the public image of the GOP. That would just be ridiculous. The fact that there are more "former Republicans" identifying as Indys than ever before would have nothing to do with a skewed percentage of Indys breaking for conservative candidates in an off-year election, would it? Nah, don't be silly. Numbers are numbers and you just can't deny the fact that the Democratic base is dissolving, it's cool to be conservative and every Independent hates Obama. (btw, did you see the video mashup of Michael Steele doing the Digital Underground's 'Humpty Dance?' Now THAT is Kewl!)
